Hercules and Deianira

This sculpture depicts demigod Hercules with his second wife, mortal Deianira. She was mentioned in many myths and believed to play an important role in many of her husband's adventures. Earlier versions of Deianira generally present her as unwittingly causing Hercules' death out of her love for him and as a sympathetic character who dies tragically. Seneca, however, created another, though a much less sympathetic, version of her in keeping with the meaning of her name: man-destroyer.本雕塑刻画了半神赫拉克勒斯（Hercules）与其第二任妻子、凡人得伊阿尼拉（Deianira）的形象。得伊阿尼拉曾在诸多神话中登场，且被认为在其丈夫的诸多冒险经历中发挥了重要作用。早期版本中的得伊阿尼拉通常被塑造为因深爱丈夫而无意间接导致赫拉克勒斯殒命的形象，同时是一位结局悲惨的悲情角色。然而塞内卡（Seneca）则结合其名字的含义——“灭人者”，塑造了另一个共情度更低的全新形象。